If they really started testing it at night i'll be surprised if it doesn't soft open at the beginning of June. Simpson's had a month of being soft opened before it officially opened and Manta is going to be about the same. I'd assume they are aiming for a similar pattern with RockIt
Ok, 100 hours. I pressed the 0 one too many times.
That's still a little over 4 days non-stop. So what are they waiting for? If the rumors are correct, run this baby during the day as well! The sooner you get the ride open, the sooner the revenue comes pumping in.
I think I understand the whole running it in the middle of the night testing if that's what is happening. The average park guest is dumb. You agree with me too, admit it. If they see the coaster running then the assumption is that it is open. They go to the coaster all excited to ride it. The nice team member who now hates life has to explain it about 1 billion times that it is just testing, opening soon, blah, blah, blah. Most guests although very disappointed understand, some guests complain to guest services, some guests throw two year old temper tantrums.
Bottom line is it creates a negative guest experience to have it "testing" but not being able to be experienced by the paying public. So if you can run it at night I totally understand why they would. Just my opinion!
i have been hearing that the ride is very quiet as it has been testing. just thought somebody would like to know that
yea the suspense is killing me.
i dont know if anybody ask this earlier but why is there so many block brakes? that's been my downside with the ride
So they can run 4 trains at a time. To run that many you will need the ability to e-stop them throughout the run. Not sure if they will use them as trim breaks or not, but going off the one behind Twister at speed would be wicked.
Woah, I don't know if it's the fact that IOA is further away from the camera's point of view in that second picture, but it looks like Dueling Dragons (er, I mean Dueling Dragon and Potter) has been pwned when it comes to height. How high is that drop, anyway?
167 feet. Dueling Dragons drop is 105.
That's really high. I hope I don't chicken out.